Development Hotspots

Which hotspots are tenants looking at?

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  Jason Tilley

  SVP, Development

  The Davis Companies

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  Tyson Reynoso

  Managing Director, Partner

  King Street Properties

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  Ryan Souls

  Senior Director, Development

  Greystar

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  Thomas Joyner

  Partner

  AHA Consulting Engineers

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  Dan Szczebak

  Dan joined TRIA in 2017 and has led the coordination of several large, complex projects in the life sciences industry. His efforts entail new core & shell, laboratory test fits, spec suite lab designs, repositioning, consulting, feasibility studies, and more. In addition to creating plans as a senior project designer, Dan is focused on developing and implementing efficient and good design practices for the entire TRIA office. As an Associate Principal, Dan implements his leadership role with creative team building sessions. https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-szczebak-790a9238/

  TRIA

  Associate Principal

  Dan Szczebak

  Associate Principal

  TRIA

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  Andrew Lynch

  With more than 16 years of experience, Andrew Lynch leads Wise Construction’s institutional work across Greater Boston, with a focus on higher education and complex occupied environments. Since joining Wise in 2012 as an Assistant Project Manager, he has advanced into a leadership role through his ability to guide projects from early planning through completion. Andrew’s portfolio includes work for Harvard University, Harvard Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, Boston College, and other institutions across the region, giving him firsthand experience navigating active campuses and technically demanding academic spaces. He is known for aligning field operations with project goals, coordinating closely with clients, designers, and trade partners to keep work moving while minimizing disruption. As a connector between the field and office, Andrew brings a practical understanding of scheduling, budgeting, and on-site logistics, helping teams deliver high-quality results in challenging environments. He holds a B.S. in Construction Management from Wentworth Institute of Technology, along with a Massachusetts Construction Supervisor’s License, OSHA 30 certification, and Lean Healthcare certification.

  Wise Construction

  VP, Institutional

  Moderator

  Andrew Lynch

  VP, Institutional

  Wise Construction

Designing Lab & Office Space for Tenant & Talent Demands

Lab Layout, Office Needs & Building on Spec

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  Johannes Fruehauf

  Johannes Fruehauf (MD PhD)With his background as a physician working in diverse health systems, coupled with 20+ years as a serial biotech entrepreneur, Dr. Fruehauf has dedicated much of his professional endeavors to supporting life science entrepreneurs and start-upcompanies. Dr. Fruehauf is currently General Partner and co-founder of Mission BioCapital (MBC). In his role at MBC, Johannes sources, diligences, and leads new life-science investment transactions and represents thefund on the board of a number of MBC portfolio companies. He is also the Founder and President of LabCentral andBioLabs, the largest provider of laboratory co-working space for startups nationwide, currently serving over 300 startups in 14 cities. Over the past three years, the companies started within this network secured over 20% of all Seed and Series A venture capital invested in life sciences in the US. Johannes studied medicine in Germany and France, while also conducting field work in Africa (Zimbabwe and Guinea). Thereafter, he practiced medicine (internal medicine and OB/Gyn) for several years in Germany before coming to Boston for a post-doc at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School.Johannes graduated from University of Frankfurt and received his doctorate from the University of Heidelberg. He is also the author of over 30 peer reviewed publications and is named inventor on 9 issued patents on drug delivery and RNAi-based therapeutics.

  LabCentral

  Co-Founder, President

  Johannes Fruehauf

  Co-Founder, President

  LabCentral

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  Kimberly Bedard

  Kimberly Bedard serves as the Senior Manager of Global Real Estate for Charles River Labs, a contract research organization, where she is responsible for managing the company’s 200+ property portfolio, performing leasing and sales activities, and developing strategy for the different business units under the CRL umbrella. Kim works extensively with the CRADL business for CRL in selecting new locations and working through the leases for vivariums and animal care facilities. Previously Kim worked in the retail real estate field for TJX and the life sciences development field for BioMed Realty. She is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and Georgetown University.

  Charles River Labs

  Senior Manager, Global Real Estate

  Kimberly Bedard

  Senior Manager, Global Real Estate

  Charles River Labs

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  Tzveta Panayotova

  Tzveta Panayotova is a senior laboratory planner with nearly two decades of experience delivering complex scientific facilities for global clients. Tzveta uses her extensive knowledge of design requirements, sustainability and lab standards to create efficient and engaging spaces that help researchers collaborate and discover. Her projects encompass higher education, corporate R&D and government buildings with typologies spanning from bioscience/biomedical to chemical and engineering facilities. Recent lab buildings she has helped plan and design include a pharmaceutical fit-out and consolidation for Sanofi in Cambridge, Mass., a large-scale government Covid testing site in the United Kingdom, and the Center for Artificial Intelligence & Human Health at Mt. Sinai in New York City. An active member of the laboratory community, Tzveta is involved in the AIA New York Science & Research Facilities Committee and Boston Life Science Events. She serves on the HOK’s Mentorship Committee and is a member of SEFA Labs, NY Builds Bio+ and the Association of University Research Parks.

  HOK

  Principal & Senior Laboratory Planner

  Tzveta Panayotova

  Principal & Senior Laboratory Planner

  HOK

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  Dominick Roveto

  Dominick leads HDR’s Education and Science practice in Boston. Over the past 29 years, he has developed a robust portfolio of science and education projects, from laboratory renovations to basic science buildings to interdisciplinary institutes at renowned institutions. Dominick thrives on being part of design processes that support life-changing scientific advances and believes that at the root of good design is an understanding of human behavior and how the physical environment can affect these behaviors.

  HDR

  Education & Science Principal

  Dominick Roveto

  Education & Science Principal

  HDR

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  Christina Mahady

  Principal

  AKF

Leasing & Market Demand

Vacancy Rates, Demand & Supply

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  Stephen Faber

  Mr. Stephen N. Faber serves as an Executive Vice President of Related Beal, LLC. Mr. Faber served as Senior Vice President and Partner of Related Beal, LLC(also known as The Beal Companies, LLP). Mr. Faber oversees asset and property management of Beal owned and managed real estate as well as development of real estate investments. His diverse experience includes management, leasing, sale and development of individual assets and portfolio management for a variety of property types: research and development, office, retail, multi-family and planned unit developments. Mr. Faber has managed assets in seventeen different markets from Jacksonville, Florida to Seattle, Washington. He has significant systems design and implementation experience, and has authored and published detailed Policy and Procedure Manuals for property operations. Prior to joining Beal and Company, Inc., Mr. Faber was Vice President of Property Management with the Rubin Organization in Philadelphia. Mr. Faber was responsible for the management of over 5,000 apartment and condominium residences in five states. Preceding his employment at the Rubin Organization, Mr. Faber was Director of Property Management for Liberty Real Estate Group, a Boston-based real estate subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, where he developed a fee management subsidiary serving institutions, partnerships, and individuals. Mr. Faber is a Member of Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA) and National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP). Mr. Faber received a BS degree in Business Administration from Boston University.

  Related Beal

  EVP

  Stephen Faber

  EVP

  Related Beal

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  Daniel McGrath

  Dan McGrath oversees the leasing and asset management of Berkeley’s overall investment portfolio. In this capacity, he develops and implements strategies to add value to the portfolio, manages all leasing activity, and oversees property performance. He is also involved in investor reporting and has served in project management roles overseeing permitting efforts and redevelopment projects at various properties across the portfolio. Before joining Berkeley, Dan spent nearly 14 years at New Boston Fund, a private equity real estate investment firm. Dan is an active member of ULI as well as NAIOP, where he is past chair of the Programs Committee and a member of the Executive Committee. He is a past recipient of the NAIOP MA President’s Award and its National Developing Leader Award. Dan is also an active volunteer with United Way. He holds a BA from Harvard University and an MS-RED from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  Berkeley Investments

  SVP, Director of Asset Management

  Daniel McGrath

  SVP, Director of Asset Management

  Berkeley Investments

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  Chris Gorczyca

  Chris Gorczyca is Managing Director in Savills Boston office, specializing in tenant representation. In this role, he is responsible for providing the financial insight and planning expertise to inform the real estate strategies of fast-growth life sciences and technology companies in Greater Boston and beyond. He works with a dedicated team that is focused on developing space solutions that meet each client’s innovation, operations and branding needs for talent attraction and long-term success. Chris joined Savills in 2021 following the company’s partnership with T3 Advisors, the leading real estate workplace solutions advisor to life sciences and technology companies, where he served as Principal. Prior to joining T3, he spent four years in various corporate finance roles – FP&A, operations, accounting – at a high-growth software company. Watching that company mature first-hand, from start-up to IPO, fueled his passion for supporting Boston’s technology community through strategic real estate planning.

  Savills

  Corporate Managing Director, Life Sciences

  Chris Gorczyca

  Corporate Managing Director, Life Sciences

  Savills

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  Filo Castore

  Filo is a Managing Principal in the Jacobs Boston office. He has more than 25 years of experience in the US, strategically leading teams through complex endeavors, and shaping thriving businesses based on cultivating relationships with clients, developers, landlords, contractors, consultants, and community leaders. As part of the Jacobs Global Built Environment practice, he focuses on growing the Corporate and Commercial portfolio by creating exceptional places through the creative blending of human needs, business drivers, environmental stewardship, value creation, and innovation towards realizing built environments that reflect the context, history, cultures, communities, and the natural environment while incorporating advances in technology.

  Jacobs

  Managing Principal

  Moderator

  Filo Castore

  Managing Principal

  Jacobs

Taking the Temperature of Life Sciences Investors

Attracting International and National investors to Boston

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  Aaron Kazam

  SVP, Acquisitions

  Breakthrough Properties

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  Scott Burns

  Director, Asset Management

  UBS

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  Bill Hunter

  Bill Hunter is Managing Director at Perceptive Real Estate Equities, Inc. With more than two decades of experience as a life sciences and healthcare real estate investor, developer and operator, his career spans a period dating back to when institutional life sciences real estate was still emerging as a distinct asset class. His career spans acquisitions, leasing, development, and asset repositioning across major US life sciences markets, with involvement in more than $10.5 billion of acquisitions, 12.4 million square feet of leasing, and 4.6 million square feet of campus repositioning projects in Boston, the Mid Atlantic, Research Triangle Park, San Francisco, San Diego, and Miami. Bill was a pre-IPO hire at BioMed Realty Trust and an early team member at Wexford Science and Technology, where he helped build two of the platforms that shaped the modern life sciences real estate market. His experience spans the full life cycle of laboratory, GMP, clinical, and R & D environments, including technical infrastructure, regulatory requirements, and the operational needs of pharmaceutical, bio technology, medical device, CDMO, and university research users. More recently, Bill has focused on complex and dislocated situations, supporting owners, lenders, and investors in navigating stalled projects, capital structure challenges, and asset repositioning decisions, with an emphasis on restoring stability and long-term optionality.

  Perceptive Real Estate Equities, Inc.

  Managing Director

  Bill Hunter

  Managing Director

  Perceptive Real Estate Equities, Inc.

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  Travis McCready

  Travis McCready is the head of life sciences markets in the Americas for JLL, one of the largest commercial real estate advisories in the world. In this capacity, he leads a multi-country platform that includes brokerage, capital markets, project management, consulting & advisory, and valuation services for life sciences companies, developers and investors. He also co-leads the firms Innovation Districts Practice, helping plan, build and finance innovation districts all over North America. Travis has over 25 years of experience leading public, private, and non-profit ventures with a focus on technology and innovation based economic development. The former President & CEO of the $1.6 billion life sciences funding agency Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, Travis is passionate about supporting tech-based entrepreneurship and is a frequent speaker on the evolving role of technology-based economic development at the community and regional level. He remains active in the life sciences community serving on the boards of the global business accelerator MassChallenge, the global life sciences business enabler Nucleate, and Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. He also serves in advisory capacities at Harvard University, MIT, and Johns Hopkins University. No stranger to public service, Travis has served on the Economic Development Planning Council under three Massachusetts governors, has been appointed to state and national initiatives ranging from the arts to advanced manufacturing. Travis received his B.A. in Philosophy from Yale University, and J.D. from the University of Iowa.

  JLL

  Head of Life Sciences, Industries Americas

  Travis McCready

  Head of Life Sciences, Industries Americas

  JLL

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  Jennifer Kiely

  Jennifer represents clients in connection with all aspects of acquisitions, dispositions, and financings of office, life sciences, industrial, and multifamily properties throughout the continental United States. Her experience includes representing investors in joint ventures and other interest purchases in complex commercial real estate transactions. She also has extensive experience counseling real estate borrowers in obtaining and refinancing loans on diverse properties, opposite CMBS, bank, and insurance lenders. Jennifer frequently represents real estate and pension funds, among other owners and operators of commercial real estate, across a spectrum of real estate transactions and also provides clients with strategic counsel on existing and potential issues and opportunities as market and economic conditions evolve.

  Mintz

  Member

  Moderator

  Jennifer Kiely

  Member

  Mintz

Collaborative Partnerships in the Life Sciences Space

Strategic Partnerships & Community Involvement

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  Kenn Turner

  President, CEO

  Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

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  Alan Koder

  Managing Director

  Beacon Capital

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  Gil Stevens

  Gil Stevens leads Global Engineering and Capital Projects for Ultragenyx. Currently Ultragenyx is developing a greenfield site in Bedford, MA. This new site is the company’s first internal manufacturing facility, capable of clinical and commercial supply of the company’s portfolio of gene therapies. With over 30 years’ experience in Biopharmaceuticals, he has been directly involved in greater than $2B of facility expansion projects, globally. He brings a thorough understanding of operational considerations to the siting and design of facilities that support research, development and manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals. His approach to successful project execution is founded on establishing strong industry partnerships through creating a culture of mutual support and appreciation.

  Ultragenyx

  Executive Director, Global Engineering

  Gil Stevens

  Executive Director, Global Engineering

  Ultragenyx

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  Ben Bradford

  Ben joined the MassBio team in 2017. As Vice President of Economic Development and Workforce, he oversees MassBio’s relationship with municipalities, international organizations, and the local real estate and development community. He also works with member and non-member companies to support their decision-making on relocation or expansions. Through relationships with foreign economic development agencies, Ben works to connect foreign companies to the US market. Additionally, he serves as a resource for Massbio member companies as they look to grow their operations in Massachusetts from a personnel standpoint. Prior to MassBio, Ben worked as Director of Business Development and Regional Strategy at the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center where he was responsible for recruiting new companies to do business in Massachusetts and developing relationships with municipalities across the Commonwealth with the goal of expanding the industry state-wide. Ben has a B.A. in Political Science from Union College(NY). He lives in North Reading with his wife and two kids.

  MassBio

  Vice President of Economic Development

  Ben Bradford

  Vice President of Economic Development

  MassBio

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  Scott McNallan

  Scott McNallan, aia, leed ap bd+c Director of Architectural Design Scott is the global architectural design lead at CRB, with extensive experience delivering unique and integrated designs for clients across the life science industry from biopharma to R&D environments. His master planning experience on biotech projects has given him the ability to see opportunities within a sites unique constraint to deliver innovative solutions that meet clients current and future needs. He has 20 years of experience planning and designing projects that embody the goals of the life science industry; innovation, efficiency, and light filled human centered buildings and working environments.

  CRB Group

  Architectural Design Lead

  Scott McNallan

  Architectural Design Lead

  CRB Group

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  Jennifer Schultz

  Jennifer Schultz is a partner at the law firm Nixon Peabody, LLP, and the Leader of the Nationwide Real Estate Development Team. Jenn specializes personally on large-scale complex mixed-use development in and around the Boston area, Worcester, and Providence, RI. She and her team have successfully permitted over 10 million square feet of development over the last 6 years, including over 4 million square feet of lab/R&D space. Nixon’s national development team includes more than 26 lawyers and professional staff across seven offices.

  Nixon Peabody

  Partner

  Moderator

  Jennifer Schultz

  Partner

  Nixon Peabody